A 28-year San Francisco resident, Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi is San Francisco's current sheriff. Mired in a domestic abuse case involving his wife, he was suspended and then reinstated. Now San Francisco's mayor refuses to talk to him and many believe Mirkarimi should resign. What will he do next?

Ross Mirkarimi

Ross Mirkarimi served on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, representing District 5 from 2005 to 2011. In November 2011 he was elected sheriff of San Francisco and served from January to March 2012, at which time he was suspended by Mayor Ed Lee; he was reinstated by the Board of Supervisors in October 2012. Mirkarimi is a co-founder of the Green Party of California, but in March 2010, became a Democrat.

San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mikarimi, accused of domestic battery against his wife in early 2012 and eventually convicted of false imprisonment, responds to his critics in the anti-domestic violence community.